Past Exhibitions

Fusion: Art of the 21st Century

Showing works by an increasingly diverse roster of global artists, VMFA’s 21st-Century Art Gallery reflects the expanded nature of contemporary art. Fusion, builds on this focus. It emphasizes new acquisitions — many on view for the first time — and includes a substantial number of works by African and African-American artists and works from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.

Curated by John B. Ravenal, Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Trenton Doyle Hancock; The Former and the Ladder or Ascension and a Cinchin’; 2012, acrylic and mixed media on canvas; Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund and Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr., Fund for21st-Century Art, with funds contributed by Mary and Don Shockey, Jr., and Marion Boulton Stroud; 2013.3

Radcliffe Bailey, Vessel; 2012; tarp,iron, vintage model ship, wicker, and glass; Pamela K. and William A. Royall Jr. Fund for 21st Century Art and National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art

Hank Willis Thomas, Zero Hour, from the Wayfarer Series; 2013; digital C-print and plexi with Lumisty film; Pamela K. and William A. Royall Jr. Fund for 21st Century Art and the National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American
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